Valency and Transitivity in a Contact Variety
The Evidence from Cameroon Pidgin English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12987586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melanie Green (0000-0002-3699-3732, University of Sussex, corresponding author), Gabriel Ozón (0000-0003-0888-1933, University of Sheffield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 52-88 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language Contact (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1955-2629 • E-ISSN: 1877-4091 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/19552629-01201003 |
| OpenAlex | W2217659480 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
We explore valency and transitivity patterns in Cameroon Pidgin English ( cpe ) from a language contact perspective, with particular focus on (a) lexical and (b) constructional phenomena. With respect to (a), many verbs of English origin surface in cpe with additional senses and valency properties to those they display in the lexifier, illustrating the drive towards polysemy in a language with a relatively small lexicon. We also describe category change, whereby English non-verbal expressions (typically adjectives) emerge as verbs in cpe . In terms of (b), verbs undergo valency changes as a consequence of participation in productive serial verb constructions. These constructions are built around a small set of high-frequency verbs, some of which also occur in the light verb construction, which represents another strategy for the creation of complex predicates. We review the evidence for constructional substrate influence. The data under discussion are drawn from two small corpora of spoken cpe
Causative · Creole language · Focus (optics · Language contact · Lexicon · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical · Physics · Pidgin · Polysemy · Transitive relation · Valency · Variety (cybernetics · Verb · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
The light verb jungle
Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics
Pidgins and Creoles
Grammaticalization in creoles
Serial verb constructions in Kamtok (Cameroon Pidgin English)
Substratal Influence on the Morphosyntactic Properties of Krio
Substrate influence in creole formation
Predication in Caribbean English Creoles
Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo
The interplay between comparative concepts and descriptive categories (Reply to Newmeyer)
The Serial Verb Construction
On S, A, P, T, and R as comparative concepts for alignment typology
Auxiliaries in serialising languages
Comparative concepts and descriptive categories in crosslinguistic studies
The Homogeneity of the Substrate as a Factor in Pidgin/Creole Genesis
Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
A Krio-English Dictionary
The spoken corpus of Cameroon Pidgin English
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |